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23-06-2017 12:29

The friend of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, who was at the centre of an influence-peddling scandal that rocked the country, has been sentenced to three years in jail, Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday. (Heekyong Yang)

23-06-2017 12:09

A North Korean patrol boat intercepted the Russian yacht Katalexa on June 16 and towed it into North Korea's Rason port until the Russian embassy intervened to have the three crew and the vessel released. (Asia Times)

23-06-2017 10:36

North Korea has carried out another test of a rocket engine that the United States believes could be part of its program to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile, a US official told Reuters on Thursday. (Phil Stewart)

23-06-2017 10:19

The US is expected to approve India's purchase of a naval variant of the Predator drone as Prime Minister Narendra Modi attempts to revitalise relations with Washington when he meets President Donald Trump for the first time this weekend. (Sanjeev Miglani and David Brunnstrom)

23-06-2017 09:32

When former Philippine President Benigno Aquino left office a year ago, he bequeathed his successor Rodrigo Duterte an economy on the ascendancy. The second in a three-part series looks at what Duterte is doing with that legacy. (William Pesek)

23-06-2017 01:56

Opinion // A year on from Brexit vote, UK wallows in uncertainty (Xuan Loc Doan)

22-06-2017 22:41

Opinion // West should be more concerned with its debts than China’s (Ken Moak)

22-06-2017 21:45

Opinion // Consumers in China’s smaller cities to spend $10 tn by 2030 (Yiling Pan)

22-06-2017 18:32

Some Qataris are confident that international firms will intervene on their behalf and force Saudi Arabia to end its sanctions. Others are wondering how they let themselves get dragged into this stand-off in the first place. (Sami Moubayed)

22-06-2017 16:52

Sidelined political parties in Thailand say promised polls in 2018 will only further entrench military power. (Peter Janssen)

22-06-2017 16:52

While Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha insists his road map to democracy is still on track, the prospects for promised polls in 2018 are fast fading away. (Shawn W. Crispin)

22-06-2017 16:01

Opinion // Global data initiative: making the invisible visible (Philip Setel)

22-06-2017 15:10

As the US tightens the screws on North Korea's trade, Thailand is under pressure to curtail its robust commercial ties to the isolated regime. (Richard S Ehrlich)

22-06-2017 15:09

Japan opened a missile defence drill to the public on Wednesday, a move it says will reassure the country it is ready to counter any missile attack by neighboring North Korea. (Reuters)

22-06-2017 14:05

After a spell of icy relations and threats of a rebalance towards China, Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte is now angling to resuscitate strategic ties with the US to combat terrorism. (Noel Tarrazona)

22-06-2017 13:59

Russia plans to build four artificial islands in the arctic Barents Sea to serve the natural gas industry, though analysts are puzzled by the location as it's far from a gas field, while environmentalists warn of pollution dangers. (Asia Times)

22-06-2017 13:49

The aging king of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday stripped his nephew – the Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Nayef – from office, appointing his own son, Mohammad Bin Salman, as heir to the Saudi throne. The risks are grave. (Sami Moubayed)

22-06-2017 13:42

Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, is looking at six US states including Wisconsin as locations for a display-making plant and would make a decision next month, top executives said on Thursday. (Reuters)

22-06-2017 13:03

Opinion // String theory: How China’s navy is expanding its global reach (Richard A. Bitzinger)

22-06-2017 11:59

As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte weighs the costs of Islamic State's devastation of Marawi City, another of its affiliated groups launches a daring assault in nearby North Cotabato. (Jason Castaneda)

22-06-2017 11:31

The first in a three-part series on Rodrigo Duterte’s unsteady first year as Philippine president investigates what economic legacy and challenges Nestor Espenilla will inherit as the incoming governor of the central bank. (William Pesek)

22-06-2017 10:41

"Is it safe to visit North Korea?" That was the question posed to journalist Bradley Martin by a former student. Martin advised yes, but that was before Cincinatti student Otto Wambier was returned from detention in North Korea in a coma and died days later. (Bradley K. Martin)

22-06-2017 09:34

Indonesian engineering firm PT Intim Perkasa has expressed an interest in building a refinery in Nigeria, the West African country's state oil company said on Wednesday. (Reuters)

22-06-2017 09:26

Hong Kong's CK Infrastructure (CKI) is vying with Canadian investors to buy German metering and energy management group Ista, which could be worth more than 4.5 billion euros (US$5 billion), sources close to the matter said. (Reuters)

22-06-2017 09:16

Russian hackers targeted 21 US state election systems in the 2016 presidential race and a small number were breached, but there was no evidence any votes were manipulated, a Homeland Security Department official told Congress on Wednesday. (Reuters)

22-06-2017 08:50

As Amazon.com looks to swallow US grocery chain Whole Foods, China's tech giants are already digesting hefty bricks-and-mortar deals, taking the lead in the battle to transform supermarket shopping with big data and better supply chains. (Reuters)

22-06-2017 08:28

Vietnam has seen no sign of an impact since US President Donald Trump abandoned the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, with foreign direct investment rising 6% year on year to US$6.15 billion in the first five months of 2017. (Mai Nguyen)

22-06-2017 07:00

Mathematics is the universal language of communication, but it is innovation and the human spirit which provide the path to sustainable and inclusive human development, says Tsunghua Holdings Chairman. (Xu Jinghong)

22-06-2017 06:28

Opinion // The perplexing productivity puzzle defies workable solutions (Howard Davies)

22-06-2017 06:00

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court in May issued a landmark decision paving the way for same-sex marriage in the country, but this is the first step and it will be a long road before it is legalized. (Mei-Hua Chen)

the brief

Jun 22,2017, 2:24

Muslims must stand together against the scourge of radical Islamism

By M. Zuhdi Jasser

Representational image. Photo: iStock

Jun 22,2017, 1:10

Chicken-loving rail worker’s leave application goes viral

By Asia Times staff

A Buddhist monk walks with his alms bowl early morning in the Myanmar city of Mandalay. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva

Jun 09,2017, 10:22

Misunderstanding Myanmar’s Ma Ba Tha

By Matthew J Walton

Buddhist nuns chant in the Sathira-Dhammasathan Buddhist meditation center in Bangkok. Photo: Reuters/Sukree Sukplang

Jun 03,2017, 5:35

Liberation struggle for Thai Buddhist nuns

By Richard S Ehrlich

India's Water Resources minister, Uma Bharti, one of the BJP leaders facing charges over the 1992 Babri mosque demolition case, leaves court in Lucknow, on May 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Pawan Kumar

Jun 01,2017, 5:37

BJP veterans charged over 1992 Babri mosque demolition case

By E Jaya Kumar

A farmer with a pair of bulls at a weekly cattle market in Maharashtra, India. Photo: Reuters

May 29,2017, 6:06

India’s sweeping ban on cattle slaughter kicks up a storm

By Asia Times staff

A military helicopter flies past a mosque in Marawi. Photo: Reuters

May 28,2017, 1:23

Civilian death toll mounts in Philippines ISIS battle

By Agence France-Presse

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks to soldiers during a visit at a military camp in Iligan City, Philippines, May 26, 2017. Photo: Philippines handout via Reuters.

May 28,2017, 11:45

Duterte jokes about rape – again

By Reuters

Medium An Chinh walks through smoke during a Hau Dong performance at the Viet Theater in Hanoi. Photo: Reuters/Kham

May 28,2017, 7:00

Vietnam’s spirit mediums revive once forbidden ritual

By Nguyen Huy Kham

May 26,2017, 11:45

As numbers grow, Catholics in China still face oppression

By Emanuele Scimia

Hardline Muslims react to the verdict in Basuki "Ahok" Purnama's blasphemy trial outside the court in Jakarta on May 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters

May 15,2017, 2:10

Is Indonesia teetering toward theocracy?

A veiled Muslim bride waits for the start of a mass marriage ceremony in Ahmedabad. Photo: Reuters / Amit Dave

May 12,2017, 6:44

India’s Muslim women seek end to archaic divorce practice

By E Jaya Kumar

Pakistani Hindu children celebrate holi in Karachi on March 12, 2017. Photo: AFP / Rizwan Tabassum

May 10,2017, 6:38

Forced conversions given seal of approval in Pakistan

Pakistani Ahmadi community members attend a funeral ceremony in Rabwah, Punjab, in May 2010, after gunmen killed 94 people at two mosques. Photo: AFP / Farooq Naeem

Apr 20,2017, 4:32

Pakistan and the Ahmadis: a tale of state-sponsored bigotry

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood

Apr 19,2017, 5:56

Pakistan’s assault on cyber terrorism is proving toothless

Apr 18,2017, 11:06

Blood libels in Europe, Asia, Africa and recently the US

By Reuven Brenner

Ambulance workers load the body of Mashal Khan into an ambulance after a mob beat him to death in Mardan, Pakistan. Photo: Reuters

Apr 18,2017, 12:39

Student’s brutal murder shows Pakistan’s failure as a state

Apr 11,2017, 9:03

Trump’s Middle East supporters

Pope Francis has 'mastered the art of containing people without making structural changes.' Photo: Reuters

Apr 04,2017

Married priests and female deacons?

By Verónica Giménez Béliveau

Supporters of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam religious party shout slogans as they protest the execution of Mumtaz Qadri – the man who assassinated Punjab governor Salman Taseer after he called for the pardoning of a Christian woman sentenced to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad – in March 2016. Photo: Reuters

Mar 31,2017, 3:34

#HangAyazNizami is what comes of caving in to clerical rule

By Kenny Hodgart

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A year on from Brexit vote, UK wallows in uncertainty

23-06-2017 01:56

West should be more concerned with its debts than China’s

22-06-2017 22:41

Consumers in China’s smaller cities to spend $10 tn by 2030

22-06-2017 21:45

Global data initiative: making the invisible visible

22-06-2017 16:01

Richard A. Bitzinger

String theory: How China’s navy is expanding its global reach

22-06-2017 13:03

The perplexing productivity puzzle defies workable solutions

22-06-2017 06:28

Nina L Khrushcheva

For many mainstream political ideologies, the party is over

22-06-2017 03:23

M. Zuhdi Jasser

Muslims must stand together against the scourge of radical Islamism

22-06-2017 02:24

Christoph Bertram

Helmut Kohl’s vision and legacy helped establish a united Europe

22-06-2017 01:35

Emanuele Scimia

Duterte has everything to lose in straining ties with the EU

21-06-2017 13:24

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